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Download full textMasters, John C.; And Others – 1975
Two studies were conducted to clarify the role of different minimum performance standards for contingent tangible reinforcement or self-dispensed evaluative reinforcement (in the absence of tangible rewards) in determining the rate and accuracy of learning. Preschool children were presented with a discrimination learning task. Their performance…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Discrimination Learning, Motivation, Positive Reinforcement
Peer reviewedBellack, Alan S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Self-reinforcement through positive or aversive covert imagery was studied in obesity treatment. Subjects were randomly assigned to no-imagery, self-punishment followed by self-reward, and self-reward followed by self-punishment conditions. Neither order nor kind of reinforcement made any difference. Both reinforcement groups were superior to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Imagery, Negative Reinforcement
